Google Earth Images of Rashivade!

Google Earth Images of Gadhinglaj!

These are Gadhinglaj images....south of Maharashtra, near Karnataka border!

A littil more on the kharcha side from South India!

From Hyderbad to Kolhapur it takes Rs. 700.....

And from Kolhapur to NID, Rs. 650 to 700......

Now we need the Lucknow gang expenses!

Hey some very good info about how to go about a resource documentation!!!

Check out the link....

http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/JALGAON/home.html

I will put the detailed info about the link in subsequent posts....

We need the society with THIS depth...or aim at this....

Travel route from Ahmedabad to Kolhapur!!!

Here is the travel route from NID (Ahmedabad) to Ghong D (Kolhapur)....

Ahmedabad - Vadodara - Bharuch - Surat - Navsari - Valsad - Near Dadra Nagar Haveli - Near Thane - Pune - Satara - Karad - Kolhapur

It takes about 15 hours by bus from Ahmedabad to Pune and another four to five hours from Pune to Kolhapur...

Expenses: Ahmedabad - Pune - around Rs. 450 to 500
Pune - Kolhapur - around Rs. 150

So travelling expenses for this route...both ways....maximum Rs. 1300....

Aila!!!!

What is "Resource" documentation?

These are the inital discussions on the concept of resource documentation...

What is the idea of a “Resource” documentation?
(Firstly, is the term resource correct?)

The aim behind this project is to document a society and an art or craft that exists in that society as a part of it. This will include a lot of steps:

• Firstly, going to the location and taking a detailed overview of the place; the geographical location, the weather, the soil, the available resources, crops and food habits, layout of the village and farms, the economic level, transport routes to and from the village, seasons and their effect on the village, lifestyle, clothing, family and trends in the families, education facilities and levels, houses and styles, materials with which people generally work, animal strength and types, the local craft(s), etc.
• Distributing and capturing through various media, all the aspects mentioned in the first point.
• Linking all of this data together to make a system.
• Identify the strong points and the weak points in the existing system.
• Discussing the design intervention possible in the system.
• If possible, implement some measures, consulting the authorities existing in that area.
• Document all of this and present it in the form of a report.

Some more details...

This is road map of Gujarat....



And this is the link to find out details of roads in Gujarat....
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/gujarat/gujaratroads.htm

And this is the road map of Maharashtra....



And this is the link to find out details of roads in Maharashtra....
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/maharashtra/maharashtraroads.htm

These are CLICKABLE maps...check them out....

Ok slight change in plan.....

These three are going to Kolhapur at the end of May namely Vazir, Mekhala, Aditya...intended dates are 28th May in Pune, and then off to Kolhapur in the night or the next day....

A little about Gadhinglaj!!!

As of 2001 India census,GRIndia Gadhinglaj had a population of 25,356. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Gadhinglaj has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 72%. In Gadhinglaj, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

So the place we are going, at least the city part of it seems to be quite much in shape...

But we still dont know about the dhangar community as yet!!!

Lets see....

The map of Kolhapur and areas around....

Here is the map of Kolhapur...



And the marked areas are where we are going....

Initial vizhit!!!

Aditya and Vazir are going to go to Kolhapur first to check things out....

Have to first meet Shirsendu and Swasti about WHAT THE HELL DO WE DO??

Let us see......

Planning and scheduling....

We have been firing mails at each other to decide how to go about the entire thing.....

Let us see.....

Ishtart!!!

Today is first meeting for the "Resource Documentation" project we are starting off in May-June 2007. We as designers, are gonna do a lot of kida about this.

Cheers!!!